"Medical expenses?"
Widow Wang screamed, "You heartless person! I came to see you out of good intentions, and you actually want me to pay you money?"
"I mean well?"
Chen Changyuan sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid enough to not see through your thoughts? Are you here to see me, or to see my meat? You know clearly in your heart!"
Widow Wang was exposed by Chen Changyuan and became angry:
"Chen Changyuan, don't be so ungrateful! I really want to marry you!"
"Marry me?" Chen Changyuan laughed out loud as if he had heard a joke. "You? Are you worthy?"
Widow Wang was so angry that her face turned pale, and her fingers were shaking as she pointed at Chen Changyuan:
“You…you…”
"I what I?"
Chen Changyuan put away his smile, his eyes icy, "I'm warning you, pay up and get out of my house! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"
Widow Wang's face turned red and white, just like a performer in an opera.
She hesitated, her eyes evasive as she touched her wrist.
Chen Changyuan noticed her actions and his eyes were like nails.
"Where's the bracelet?"
Chen Changyuan's gaze made her feel uneasy.
Widow Wang swallowed her saliva, touched her empty wrist guiltily, and laughed dryly:
"What bracelet? Brother Changyuan, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"
"Don't play dumb,"
Chen Changyuan sneered.
"Your jade bracelet that came with your dowry was fine just now, how come it's gone now? Don't tell me it grew legs and ran away."
But this bracelet is her last bit of dignity, a symbol she uses to show off her identity as a "chaste and heroic woman". How can she give it up so easily?
"Brother Changyuan, look at this... this is all a misunderstanding,"
Widow Wang forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "I...I accidentally lost my bracelet..."
"Lost it?"
Chen Changyuan pressed on, his tone cold, "I think you're hiding it on purpose, right? You and Xiaoya injured my mother, so you have to pay for her medical expenses, right?"
Widow Wang was immediately furious.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Chen Changyuan interrupted her impatiently, "Hurry up and pay the money, or I'll send you to the police station!"
"Police station?"
The widow's face changed. What she feared most was that this matter would become a big deal and spread to the village.
She had worked so hard to establish the image of a "chaste and heroic woman" in the village. If people knew that she had gone to Chen Changyuan's house to cause trouble and even lost the jade bracelet that symbolized her chastity, her reputation would be completely ruined!
Thinking of this, Widow Wang's heart was like a pot of mixed feelings. She gritted her teeth, took out the emerald green jade bracelet from her arms, and placed it heavily on the table.
"Here you go! Here you go! You heartless thing! I don't want you!"
Widow Wang cried out, her voice sharp and piercing, like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
Chen Changyuan bent down to pick up the jade bracelet. It was warm and had a great touch.
He weighed it and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
This bracelet is in good condition and should be worth quite a bit of money.
“You’re smart.
"Chen Changyuan put the bracelet into his arms, turned back into the house, and ignored the two women.
Widow Wang and Xiaoya left Chen Changyuan's yard in shame. Along the way, Widow Wang cursed and cursed Chen Changyuan's ancestors for eighteen generations.
Widow Wang and Xiaoya walked away cursing, and Chen Changyuan breathed a sigh of relief and turned back into the house.
He didn't bother to check the prey in the basket, but walked straight to his mother Fang Suxia and helped her sit down.
"Mom, let me see your injury."
Chen Changyuan carefully rolled up his mother's sleeve and saw a clear scratch on her arm, oozing with blood.
"Oh, it's nothing, just a minor injury."
Fang Suxia sighed, her eyes full of helplessness.
"Changyuan, why are you doing this? These two girls don't have any bad intentions. As for Xiaoya marrying Zhou Dazhu, it was her own choice, and there's nothing wrong with it."
Chen Changyuan didn't say anything, but just gently applied herbal medicine on his mother's wound.
But he sneered at Xiaoya in his heart. His family was poor, and Xiaoya despised him and married the rich Zhou Dazhui.
Now that Zhou Dazhu treats her badly, she wants to come back? No way!
"Long term,"
Fang Suxia looked at her son, hesitant to speak, "You are not young anymore, it's time for you to consider getting married."
Chen Changyuan paused, "Mom, what are you talking about? I just want you to live a good life now."
"Silly child,"
Fang Suxia touched her son's head lovingly.
"Now you can hunt, earn money, and earn work points. There are many girls in the village who want to marry you. I will find someone for you one day, so that you can find someone who understands you. If I ever become ill or pass away, there will be someone to cook you a warm meal."
"mother!"
Chen Changyuan's tone became more serious. "What are you talking about? You will live to be a hundred years old!"
Fang Suxia smiled and said nothing more, but just brought the topic back to the topic.
"Mom is serious about the long term. You can't stay single forever. Which girl in the village do you like?"
Chen Changyuan stopped applying the medicine, and a figure suddenly appeared in his mind - An Caicai.
The rich girl he had met by chance in the forest had bright eyes, white teeth, and a beautiful smile. He was confused and quickly refused, saying, "Mom, I don't like the people in this village."
"Don't like it?"
Fang Suxia was horrified. "No one in the village likes you? Then which girl do you want to marry? Could it be..."
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